On Oct 12, 9:52*am, Family-Outdoors wrote:
Spent some time teaching my youngest some basics. *Started on grassy
field and worked about a half hour as he was pretty adamant about
wanting to get on water. *He is 16. *We tried this process several
years ago but he really was not ready. *Did not have patience to
contend with various aspects of process and learning curve involved.
Also, like his Dad was (me) at that age, he was a little lacking in
the coordination department. *It went much better this time.

Forget practicing on the grass. Take him somewhere he's
guaranteed to catch fish. Get him hooked and then worry about
pretty casting. You can catch panfish or small trout with less
than 10 feet of line out. Start with only a small amount of line
out and with a shortened leader to make things easier.

My kids are 16 years old, but my guess for a 16 year old is
that you need to keep him from trying to boom out 100 yards
of line and then getting frustrated.
- Ken